I'm so excited for our new spaces! Our new ceremony site is in a garden so I won't need any flowers there and the new hall if gorgeous. And, even though the venues were a little bit more- catering is SO much less! And now we can bring our own alcohol too for additional savings. I still need to contact the photographer and florist about the change, but those are less of a concern than the DJ.

My MOH has her dress and two of my bridesmaids found dresses they like they just have to order them. I am letting them choose their own dresses. I just picked a vendor, color and fabric. I researched the MU/Hair Stylist I want, She did my hair for my friends wedding and she managed o get my hair to stay curly the whole day... that is nearly a miracle.

I feel like everyone is stressing way more than I am. Am I the only one that is kind of relaxed about wedding planning?

Already done:-Secured church and time for ceremony-Secured reception site-Said yes to the dress! And veil-Decided on colors-Hired photographer-Just took engagement pictures-Ordered and addressed save the dates (still haven't mailed them. Oops)-Did wedding registry-Decided on a bridesmaid dress-Decided rehearsal dinner location-Attended marriage prep class

In the middle of:-discussing honeymoon spots-got in touch with a dj-tried booking a block of hotel rooms but they said it was too early-tried hiring limo/shuttle service but they said it was too early-in talks with what time we want reception -have ideas for "videographer" (liking the idea of wedit or weddingmix)-tried someone out for makeup-book rehearsal dinner-have bridesmaids actually order their dresses-trying to meet with the priest but he keeps changing the date (hope that's not a sign of things to come)-trying to get my mom to decide on a MOB dress

Need to:-Find bakery and do cake tastings (can NOT wait, and I don't even like cake)-Decide on suits and get those ordered-Find a florist-Book hair/makeup-Decide on all the catholic ceremony things (readings, songs)-Find invitations-Get WP gifts-Decide on favors and reception decor-Decide our menu-Get jewelry/shoes

I just booked my flights for my honeymoon. I have also paid off my photo/video/photobooth company and honey moon. Only things I have left to book:Rehearsal dinner (I am having a pizza party for it)AlterationsInvitationsGifts for bridal partyTuxesAnd then we have to finish paying for the venue and florist. I want to be able to just show up on my wedding day and not worry.

I am super annoyed. My hair and mu artist called me to get more details on for styles and all of that. When I spoke to her the first time we only needed four girls to book her. Now she tells me six. So I had to cancel with her. And she was not even apologetic about it. She was actually super snobby about it as in "Yeah I cant do a wedding with less than six girls so oh well. Good luck" I was really happy about booking her because she did such a great job at my friends wedding 3 years ago.

She was in a hospital rehab facility recovering from surgery. I booked over the phone. She called me the other day to get more info and thats when she said that she cant do it. You would think that a woman that will be out of work for 5 months and said that she was so upset that she had to give brides to friends so that she could have her surgery wouldnt turn down making $700 for a few hours work.

Oh my gosh I feel so far behind !! I just got engaged a week ago & we plan on having our wedding in April .
So far I have :
-said yes to my fiancé
Ahhhhhh ! After reading this thread my stress level just tripled !

It'll be okay! I know it's super overwhelming, but really just give yourself a week to enjoy being engaged first before going straight into planning.

It'll all work out. I would say find your venue first, and then go from there. It makes it a lot easier to plan the other stuff if you know what place you're working with.

Oh my gosh I feel so far behind !! I just got engaged a week ago & we plan on having our wedding in April .
So far I have :
-said yes to my fiancé
Ahhhhhh ! After reading this thread my stress level just tripled !

Same boat! I booked the venue yesterday and have a dress... and here I was thinking it would all be ok. Then I read this board! SO MUCH TO DO!!! Ok, back to researching and emailing potentials.

Oh my gosh I feel so far behind !! I just got engaged a week ago & we plan on having our wedding in April .
So far I have :
-said yes to my fiancé
Ahhhhhh ! After reading this thread my stress level just tripled !

Same boat! I booked the venue yesterday and have a dress... and here I was thinking it would all be ok. Then I read this board! SO MUCH TO DO!!! Ok, back to researching and emailing potentials.

If you have any wedding expos in your area, it's great to be able to meet a ton of vendors in person. We were able to meet ones we had booked and were so happy that they turned out to be super nice in person as well.

It gets really overwhelming, so I encourage you not to look at the whole huge checklist the knot has, or even our lists....otherwise you'll probably feel like running away screaming. I was panicking when I saw how much there was to plan!

Just focus on a couple of things each weekend if you can. Then it's more managable. I would say first off, figure out your budget. Figure out what is important to each of you. What sort of venue are you both envisioning? Do that first.

I really wish we had maybe looked around more at venues, as ours we have to buy 2 cases of wine, a day of planner, and use their catering. But all in all everything works out.

Figure out areas you can splurge on [for us it was photos] and areas you don't care saving on [for us it's flowers]. You'll get it all figured out and I promise it'll all come together!

I made myself a "to do" list and I'm slowly crossing things off of it. I went out today and basically cleaned out every dollar store in my city and the city east of me of their black/blue/silver wine bags that we need for our favours.